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Liquid Web VS Cloudways

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Liquid Web

Picking a hosting provider isn’t about flashy claims. It’s about whether your site loads fast every time, stays online during ...

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Cloudways

If you’ve ever tried scaling your website on shared hosting, you know the pain — sluggish performance, random downtime, and te...

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Features

Liquid Web

  • Scalable Hosting Options- From managed WordPress to VPS, Dedicated, GPU servers, enterprise setups — growth path built in.

  • 24/7 Expert Support - Liquid Web brands its customer service as Heroic Support. You can reach technicians via phone, live chat or ticketing 24/7/365. The support team is based in North America and is known for quick response times.

  • Free Migrations & Ease of Onboarding - They provide migration tools and support to move from other hosts.

  • 99.99 % Uptime Guarantee - Liquid Web promises extremely high reliability across its services.

  • Unlimited Traffic / No Visit Mar­ket­ing Caps - In their managed WordPress/Nexcess offering, visits are not metered and traffic spikes are handled.

  • Built-in Security and Compliance - They include security features like DDoS protection, firewalls, malware scans, SSL certificates and support for PCI/HIPAA concerns.

  • Performance-Optimised Infrastructure - High-end hardware, SSD storage, autoscaling, global CDN (via Cloudflare), dedicated IPs, root access (where relevant).

Cloudways

  • Choose Your Cloud, Pay for What You Use
  • Performance That Scales With You
  • One Dashboard for Everything
  • Built-In Tools for Agencies and Developers
  • 24/7 Expert Support Included

Plans Pricing

Liquid Web

VPS Hosting : $5.00 per month - $20.00 per month

Dedicated Server : $199 per month - $499 per month

Cloud Hosting : $159 per month - $249 per month

Managed Ecommerce Hosting : $21 per month - $43 per month

Cloudways

Cloudways Flexible : Monthly billed per month

Cloudways Autonomous : $35 per month

Reviews

  • Liquid Web

    (25 User reviews)

    Overall
    4.9
    Features
    4.9
    Ease of Use
    5.0
    Value for Money
    4.9
    Customer Support
    5.0

  • Cloudways

    (79 User reviews)

    Overall
    4.9
    Features
    4.9
    Ease of Use
    4.9
    Value for Money
    4.9
    Customer Support
    4.9

Pros & Cons Reviews

  • Liquid Web

    Positive Reviews

    I’ve had a great experience with Liquid Web. Their dedicated server plans don’t come with hidden fees or confusing upgrade paths. Every email lands on time and I’ve found their customer service helpful from the start, clear, quick and consistent. It’s refreshing to feel like a valued client.

    Posted -09 Apr 2025
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  • Cloudways

    Positive Reviews

    Best customer service i have experience in a long time. Always helpful and prompt. Offers services at best prices. Recommend them to anyone in the field. Go with Cloudways and you will not be disappointed.

    Posted -27 Jun 2021

    Negative Reviews

    We are using cloudways almost for two years. They provide a fast support, hosting based on top of the most well known cloud providers etc etc You can read all that to their website. As we can understand is somewhat as the man in the middle with the big cloud companies (which they have the policy do it yourself). We don't want to loose time with server setup, installations etc. We want quickly to deliver in a secure environment and any problem to be solved fast

    Posted -13 Feb 2019
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FAQs

  • Liquid Web

    Why does Liquid Web use Nexcess for WordPress and WooCommerce hosting?

    Nexcess is Liquid Web’s specialized platform built specifically for WordPress, WooCommerce and Magento. You purchase through Liquid Web, but the actual hosting dashboard is Nexcess. It’s a structural decision: Liquid Web manages infrastructure and support, while Nexcess handles the application-level tools, staging, backups and ecommerce optimizations.

    Do Liquid Web plans really come with unlimited traffic?

    Yes. Managed WordPress and WooCommerce plans include no visit caps, no bandwidth throttling and no overage fees. This is valuable for sites that get seasonal spikes, viral traffic or heavy ad campaigns. Your plan isn’t punished for growth.

    How does Liquid Web handle website security?

    Security is built into the platform: automatic updates, daily malware scans, free SSL, Cloudflare Enterprise, DDoS protection and isolated staging updates. Higher-tier plans bring deeper protections, but even base plans offer more built-in security than many competing hosts.

  • Cloudways

    Can I install multiple sites or apps on one Cloudways server?

    Yes. You can run as many apps as your server can handle — WordPress, Magento, Laravel, PHP scripts, and more. No site-count limits.

    Does Cloudways offer a free trial?

    Yes. You get a 3-day free trial (no credit card needed) on the Flexible or Autonomous plan. It’s enough to test performance and features.

    How does Cloudways handle billing?

    Flexible plans are billed hourly or monthly — you only pay for what you use. Autonomous is fixed monthly billing. No contracts or setup fees.

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